Udall, along with Oregon Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden, has been one of the most strident critics of the Obama Administration’s interpretation of certain sections of the Patriot Act. He is particularly concerned that the federal government has collected swaths of cell phone and e-mail “meta data” from millions of Americans.

Udall voted for the Patriot Act and its reauthorization, he voted for the NDAA, and he never revealed the conspiracy to abrogate the Fourth Amendment — I’d vote for Edward Snowden to be our Senator, but no one in the Fascist Party or Udall’s Collaborationist Party; they have almost destroyed our country!

Vance P. Frickey

It’ll be interesting to see what Sen. Udall has to say. What’s truly interesting is how he plans to explain his party’s pursuit of Edward Snowden across the world for revealing the existence of NSA programs essentially similar in intent to ECHELON and other formerly secret NSA programs. What has happened now is the ultimate demonstration of how far the Obama administration has strayed from “unprecedented transparency in government.” While competition for the most thoroughly broken Obama campaign promise is stiff… that bit about “unprecedented transparency in government” is in a dead heat with “health care will remain affordable for the middle class.”

RobertChase

As a point of information, all of Colorado’s Congressional delegation in the Fascist Party voted against the Amash Amendment to quell the NSA’s illegal surveillance, while every member of the Collaborationist Party (this once) broke with our traitorous President and supported the restoration of the Fourth Amendment. Two hundred and seventeen (217) enemy combatants against the American People and Constitution in the House of Representatives voted against the Amash Amendment, which failed. If the Capitol and everyone in it were to be anihilated during the next State of the Union address, it would not put a dent in the number of fascist and fascist dupes in our country, but it would take out many of the worst traitors subverting the Constitution in government..

Lynn Bartels thinks politics is like sports but without the big salaries and protective cups. The Washington Post's "The Fix" blog has named her one of Colorado's best political reporters and tweeters.

Joey Bunch has been a reporter for 28 years, including the last 12 at The Denver Post. For various newspapers he has covered the environment, water issues, politics, civil rights, sports and the casino industry.